Para Tattva Bicaksana
Yamuna Bhavavali Song 3
hari he para-tattwa bicakṣaṇa byāsa
ādi muni-gaṇa śāstra bicāriyā bāra
bāra prabhu taba nitya-rūpa guṇa-śīla
anurūpa tomāra caritra sudhā-sāra
śuddha-sattwa-moyī līlā mukhya-śāstre
prokāśila jībera kuśala su-bidhāna
rajas- tamo-guṇa- andha asura
-prakṛti-manda - jane tāhā bujhita nā jāne
nāhi māne nitya-rūpa bhajiyā
maṇḍūka-kūpa rahe tāhe udāsīna prāya
e bhaktibinoda gāya ki durdaiba
haya hāya hari-dāsa nāhi hari pāya
Those who live in this universe but are not interested in Your eternal form remain completely oblivious just like ignorant frogs who live in a small, shallow well. Now Bhaktivinoda sings, alas! What an unfortunate, sorry situation has arisen here! For it seems that the eternal servants of Hari have not become fixed up in the service of their eternal Lord Hari.
Translation
Those who live in this universe but are not interested in Your eternal form remain completely oblivious just like ignorant frogs who live in a small, shallow well. Now Bhaktivinoda sings, alas! What an unfortunate, sorry situation has arisen here! For it seems that the eternal servants of Hari have not become fixed up in the service of their eternal Lord Hari.